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SOAP FRAME.

Patented Dec. 7, 1897.

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,SOAP FRAME. No. 594,889. Patented Dec. 7,1897.

i w l Q o vention is to provide frames of a light yet mations abovereferred to, when they become ITED STATES HENRY- D. MORGAN, OF

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

SOAP-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,889, dated December7, 1897.

Application filed December 30, 1896. Serial No. 617,502. (No model.)Patented in England March 9,1893. No. 5,107.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DAWSON Mon- GAN, engineer, a subject of theQueen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing in Kitchen Street,Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and.useful Improvements in Soap-Cooling Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention was patented in England March 9, 1893, numbered 5,107.

This invention has reference to apparatus calle'd frames used in themanufacture of soap, into which the hot soap is poured and wherein it iscooled prior to being formed or pressed into the shapes required.

The type of frame to which the invention relates is that wherein thesides, ends, and bottom constitute separate parts so formed and providedwith parts that they can be readily put together and fastened up andtaken down; and the main object of my instrong construction and theparts of which can be readily put together and taken to pieces and whichshall be automatically made tight against leakage when the soap ispoured in.

The side and end parts of a frame according to my invention areconstructed of thin wrought-metal (preferably steel) plates,while thebottom may also be of iron or steel or other suitable material, as wood,and is provided with grooves or recesses, into which the lower edges ofthe sides and ends fit, or equivalently formed to receive or beconnected to them. The sides at each end are turned inward and at thesebends are provided or formed with a flute or equivalent formation, bywhich a tight joint against leakage of soap is efiected and extra orspecial strength is given the frame to resist bending and becomingdeformed when the frame is being taken down or put up (or at othertimes) or through falling or other action upon it. The plates are soconstructed or formed and combined that when connected an even surfaceis presented to the soap and leakage and waste are prevented, and theflutes orequivalent forfilled with soap, constitute a packing at thejoints, as stated.

The invention will now be further described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, which show a frame in side elevation in Figure 1and in end view in Fig. 2. A sectional plan of one end of the frame isshown in Fig. 3.

Referring now to the figures, a are the side plates of the frame, and bare the end plates, the end plates I) being held by the side platesv bythe ends a thereof, which are turned round at right angles and providedwith flutes or corrugations aithe plates fitting on the inside of theseinturned edges. By this construction the spaces within the flutes abecome filled with soap when used, and this soap constitutes a packingand prevents the leakage of soap from the frame when freshly filled;also, the parts which hold the end plates 1) in position are renderedstrong and capable of withstanding the pressure of the plates b outwarddue to the weight of soap thereon. As regards the other parts of theframe, the side plates to are provided with strengthening parts 0, whichare riveted to the plates 0; horizontally. In the example shown thesestrengthening parts consist of channel or semicylindrical bars, asshown, riveted to a; but of course other suitable forms of strengtheningbars or means may be provided.

The plates at and b fit at their lower edges in suitable channels orrecesses in the bottom d of the frame, which is mounted on wheels in theusual way. The end plates 1) and the side plates 61 are held in positionby the hinged cleats e, mounted in supports f, fixed on the plate I).The ends of the cleats are so made as to press the side plates againstthe end plates when they are moved into their fixing or fasteningposition.

0 tensions being bent laterally and extending at a distance from thesides I) to leave a space between, the edges of the plates a being bentinwardly and bearing upon the plates 1) at a distance from the edgesthereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my I 5 signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

HENRY l). MORGAN. Witnesses:

ERNEST R. RoYsToN, JOHN H. WALKER.

